The Handy Shop Reference

Find fast answers to woodworking questions! From fasteners to finishing, angles to adhesives, this portable guide is packed with helpful charts, lists and illustrations to move your woodworking projects along. Need to compute an odd joint angle, select appropriate hardware, or pick the right finish for a project? You can consult this book for solutions to those dilemmas and many more. It's the ideal size to stash in a toolbox or bench top, where you will refer to it again and again.

FEATURESDozens of charts and lists providing key woodworking facts, figures and formulas at a glanceClear, quick-reference illustrations of angles, joints, mouldings, fasteners and moreDemystifies woodworking math, including conversions and geometryPortable, durable format perfect for hands-on use in the shop

Tom Begnal is a life-long woodworker whose interest in the craft evolved into a full-time furniture business in northwestern Connecticut. A former editor for Woodworker's Journal and Fine Woodworking magazines, Tom has written and edited woodworking books for publishers including McGraw-Hill, Rodale Press, Sterling Publishing and F+W Media. Now retired, Tom still woodworks and lives in Connecticut.